“Should Australia Day be celebrated on the 26th of January?” Most people think that this date should be changed so it is less offensive to the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. This is incliuding a man named Chris Graham from Aboriginal Affairs who wrote an article on the 26/1/16 called ‘Change the date; Read this if you want to know why Australia day is offensive’. Chris thinks that Australia Day is an unnecessary reminder of the troubles of the indigenous population and how this represents a deep disrespect towards them. He speaks in both an aggressive and informal tone and supports his contention with a picture of Kevin Rudd after he denied his promise.
Chris’s main supporting argument is about how Australia day unnecessarily commemorates the loss of the indigenous populations ancestors. He states this point with a rhetorical question, ‘If your ancestors were dispossessed, slaughtered and had their land and children …show more content…
But if you are 24 and older there were no changed laws about the treatment of Aboriginals which therefore meant you were a part of these dark times for indigenous. ‘But heres the problem; A;; Australians regardless of there age have directly benifited from the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today’. This quote show the negatives of some privileges in life as it has come at the expense of the Aboriginals, No matter if your young or old you have directly benifited from there suffering. Even since the Mabo high court decision, the indigenous population isn’t treated as fairly as people with a british background and Chris says that this has to change! ‘Heres another problem; The policies that flowed from the arrival of the British are still being forced on Aboriginals today – contrary to our claim’. This quote shows one of many reasons why Australia day is offensive as it is the day this all
Chris’s main supporting argument is about how Australia day unnecessarily commemorates the loss of the indigenous populations ancestors. He states this point with a rhetorical question, ‘If your ancestors were dispossessed, slaughtered and had their land and children …show more content…
But if you are 24 and older there were no changed laws about the treatment of Aboriginals which therefore meant you were a part of these dark times for indigenous. ‘But heres the problem; A;; Australians regardless of there age have directly benifited from the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today’. This quote show the negatives of some privileges in life as it has come at the expense of the Aboriginals, No matter if your young or old you have directly benifited from there suffering. Even since the Mabo high court decision, the indigenous population isn’t treated as fairly as people with a british background and Chris says that this has to change! ‘Heres another problem; The policies that flowed from the arrival of the British are still being forced on Aboriginals today – contrary to our claim’. This quote shows one of many reasons why Australia day is offensive as it is the day this all